Posts Tagged ‘Little Arm’
Why I hide my arm – An adult perspective
I’d like to introduce you to Christine. I’m lucky to have met Christine during this summer’s Nubability Athletics camp. (I snagged her for a selfie – she’s notorious about avoiding photography.) She attended the summer camp as an adult mentor. Before meeting her in person, she has offered fantastic insight on the Born Just Right…
Read More +Flashback Friday: Winter Coats Aren't All Alike
It’s getting colder out and that means it’s time to break out the winter coats and gloves. For us, it means making sure we have coats with sleeves that can roll up. That’s because when Jordan is wearing her helper arm, she likes the sleeve rolled down. But when she isn’t wearing it, the sleeve…
Read More +Talking About Little Arm
Jordan and I were talking about having a little arm this week. It’s rare when we just talk about her limb difference… because there’s so much to talk about. And people, Miss Jordan is a talker. It’s the only thing she gets a check-minus on almost every week in her weekly folder from school. The…
Read More +Party time with Nemo!
We held a very successful and super fun fundraiser for Camp No Limits! I’m lucky Born Just Right was able to team up with Special Need Tech to create a super fun Nemo-themed party at our local theater, Goodrich Forum 8. The set up of the room was pretty cool after I discovered Nemo decorations…
Read More +A changing view of special needs
For many years, Jordan has expressed little interest when I’ve introduced her to other kids with limb differences or any other type of physical challenge. Most of the time she would react with little to no emotion and focus on just about anything other than the cool difference I was point out to her. Lately,…
Read More +Finding Nemo means a lot to Jordan (and me)
You may have noticed we are incredibly busy. Every time a new semester kicks up, I jump in deep as a professor and a newsroom manager and watch as my wonderful Born Just Right family gets fewer stories and photos of our crazy, busy life. I’m sorry my posts have been spaced out more than…
Read More +The 2012 Olympics opens with an angelic limb difference
The Paralympic Opening Ceremonies a month away… but did you know a limb different child helped open the Olympic Games? Did you hear the beautiful solo of a well-known British hymn, Jerusalem? (It isn’t easy to find online. Here’s a link I found so you can watch.) What I didn’t notice the first time I…
Read More +Feeling proud about a limb difference
I am halfway through Jim Abbott’s new book, Imperfect; An Improbable Life. After each chapter recounts a part of his childhood, I’m taken aback by how uncomfortable he’s been throughout his life about his limb difference. Times are a little better when it comes to limb differences. Culturally, our school system is more accepting. Jordan is…
Read More +VIDEO: Fun with snow
Our snow has melted… But before it did, Jordan spent as much time out in the cold stuff as possible. I actually had to bribe her with hot chocolate to come inside. I caught a few moments of her outside… she wanted to build a snowman, but we didn’t really have that much snow. But…
Read More +Finding Nemo is back – Thank you Disney
When Jordan was born six years ago, her brother was almost four years old and his friends had a lot of questions. One of the easiest ways to explain Jordan’s limb difference to kids was, “Remember Nemo and his lucky fin? Well, Jordan has a little arm just like his fin.” These days, that explanation doesn’t always…
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